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Daryl Sng
@darylsng.com

Reminder to myself: keep talking about books I'm reading! Currently in my reading rotation: Jemimah Wei's "The Original Daughter", Otessa Mosfegh's "My Year of Rest and Relaxation", and Harlan Coben's "Plot Twist". All of which I'm halfway through and enjoying

Kate Elliott@kateelliottsff.bsky.social

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

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Daryl Sng
@darylsng.com

"The Original Daughter" spoke to me in an unexpected way - it's not just that it's set in Singapore, lots of it is set specifically in the Fengshan estate, which is basically where I spent my life before college. So far it captures the student rat race in Singapore very well

Daryl Sng
@darylsng.com

Mosfegh's work so far has been a nice parallel to Elif Batuman's "The Idiot" which I read a few weeks ago - set in 2000, and captures the sense of what it means to be in your 20s in pre-9/11 America (though I'm assuming the book will get to 9/11 at some point)

Daryl Sng
@darylsng.com

Meanwhile, I'm listening to the Coben as an audiobook because I enjoy his voice, but will probably get the text as well; I enjoy Coben books, outlandish as they sometimes are, and I think his adages on writing are a good motivator for me to Just Write My Damn Book Already